
Originally Posted by
Lyle
Wacko to explain this let's go through Floyd's past couple fights:
After 2 hard fights with Jose Luis Castillo, Floyd fought: Victoriano Sosa, Henry Bruseles, and Demarcus Corley....not tough competition
Arturo Gatti - really a B class fighter who got famous from his show of heart and got a shot at Floyd due to his ability to fill arenas
Sharmba Mitchell - He's known for giving Kostya Tszyu all he could handle......FOUR YEARS before this fight happened. More recently KT smacked him down in 3 rounds a year before he got the fight with Floyd
Zab Judah - was supposed to beat Carlos Baldomir to get the fight, lost and still got to fight Floyd anyways. That fight made no sense after he lost to Baldomir.
Carlos Baldomir - he got to fight Floyd simply for beating Zab and getting a fan base behind him due to his fight vs Zab.
Oscar De la Hoya - full time promoter, part time fighter, he still draws a big crowd but he's older and doesn't have the heart for boxing anymore but Floyd apparently wanted to fight him as opposed to fighting someone IN THEIR PRIME!!!
Go down his career, he's never unified, he's never fought the toughest champion to win a belt, and he's hardly ever fought guys in their prime WHEN HE HAS HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY!
Is he clucking yet?
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